‘Pokemon Go’ players fall off 90-foot ocean bluff

The Associated Press

A news station in Forest Grove, Oregon is reporting that a local man was stabbed after approaching what he thought was a fellow player. "I saw him go by and asked if he was playing Pokemon Go," Michael Baker said. "He was like 'what?' I guess he wanted to battle because he came up at me with a knife."

A news station in Forest Grove, Oregon is reporting that a local man was stabbed after approaching what he thought was a fellow player. "I saw him go by and asked if he was playing Pokemon Go," Michael Baker said. "He was like 'what?' I guess he wanted to battle because he came up at me with a knife."

Two men apparently trying to collect “Pokémon Go” virtual characters on their smartphones were rescued after falling off a bluff in Encinitas Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

One of them fell to the beach, about 80 to 90 feet, and the other man fell about 50 feet down the cliff, Encinitas fire Battalion Chief Robbie Ford said. Both were taken to a trauma center with unspecified injuries.

Days after its release, Pokemon Go has become a fast-moving phenomenon, drawing flash mob-like crowds searching neighborhoods, parks and urban streets for imaginary characters on their smartphones.

Days after its release, Pokemon Go has become a fast-moving phenomenon, drawing flash mob-like crowds searching neighborhoods, parks and urban streets for imaginary characters on their smartphones.

Ford said the man who fell to the beach told sheriff’s deputies he and the other man were playing the smartphone game when they fell over the edge near Fourth and F streets shortly after 1 p.m.

The increasingly popular game allows players to wander real-world streets and other geography in search of virtual Pokémon characters that at certain locations appear on the screen for users to “capture.”

Ford said firefighters used ropes and harnesses to pull the man on the bluff back up while lifeguards treated the man on the beach. The two were taken to a La Jolla trauma center. Officials did not know their ages.